a precarious status-quo

In his latest column, Imad Mesdoua looks at the current situation in Western Sahara in the aftermath of the re-election last month of Mohamed Abdelaziz as chairman of the POLISARIO movement.

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Guy S. Goodwin-Gill (Part 2)

We present the second installment of our interview with Professor Guy S. Goodwin-Gill, an international authority on refugee law, Senior Research Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and barrister for Blackstone Chambers in London.

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<strong>Interview</strong> | Guy S. Goodwin-Gill: on terrorism, the ECHR, Palestinian statehood, and drones (Part 2)
<strong>Comment</strong> | Why I had to say no to Westwood TV

Earlier this month, Lowkey, one of the UK’s leading hip hop artists, turned down an invitation to appear on TimWestwoodTV, the influential YouTube channel hosted by UK Hip Hop’s biggest name. In an exclusive piece, he explains why.

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<strong>Special Report</strong> | Devastating news from Palestine

Livia Bergmeijer reports on the destruction by Israeli bulldozers earlier today of two Palestinian families' homes. This is the latest in a long-running pattern across the occupied territories, whose rate and methods, Bergmeijer argues, betray a policy of gradual ethnic cleansing at work.

The ruins of the demolished Abu Omar family home 24th January 2012 - (photo: Itay Epshtain - ICAHD
<strong>Counterpoetics</strong> | of the imperishable spirit

January's offering from Ceasefire's poet-in-residence Dominic Fox.

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Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - Dec 6, 2011 19:38 - 8 Comments

Editorial | Frantz Fanon: Fifty Years On

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Fifty years ago, Frantz Fanon, one of the major intellectual figures and revolutionary leaders of the decolonization struggle, passed away. Ceasefire editor-in-chief Hicham Yezza pays tribute to an extraordinary legacy.

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Comment | Iraq – What was done in our name?

Baha Mousa, 26, with his wife and two children. The Iraqi hotel worker died after being detained by the British army for 36 hours (Photograph: Reuters)

Phil Shiner, one of the UK’s leading human rights lawyers, argues we shouldn’t forget that everything the world community abhors about US military actions, from Guantanamo Bay to this week’s US Marines video scandal, is of a piece with UK policies and practices in Iraq, including, as he documents, the abuse, torture of killing of detainees.

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Irish Times, New in Ceasefire - Jan 17, 2012 16:26 - Comment

Irish Times | Sit-ins, Sabotage and Superdollars

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In his latest column, Omayr Ghani reviews the latest news from across the Irish sea.

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New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Jan 19, 2012 15:48 - 1 Comment

Special Report | Some thoughts on the The Fabian New Year Conference

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Last weekend’s Fabian new year conference, entitled ‘The Economic Alternative,’ was an early chance to see what kind of opposition the Labour party would offer to the relentless coalition narrative of cuts and austerity in 2012. Ceasefire’s Andrew Fleming reports.

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New in Ceasefire, Sabir on Security - Jan 7, 2012 14:45 - 10 Comments

Sabir on Security | How Police branded OccupyLSX and UKUNCUT as “Terrorists”

Terrorism Extremism update for the Business Community

Rizwaan Sabir’s investigation of City of London police has unveiled how OccupyLSX protesters routinely featured in its updates on terrorism and extremism. In his latest column, he explains the background and repercussions of the revelations.

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Arts & Culture, New in Ceasefire - Jan 20, 2012 19:16 - Comment

Exhibition | Anselm Kiefer: Il Mistero delle Cattedrali (White Cube)

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For over forty years, the internationally renowned German artist Anselm Kiefer’s works have consistently revisited his country’s relationship with its past. Ceasefire’s Joe Lloyd reviews the White Cube’s ‘Il Mistero delle Cattedrali’, the largest presentation of Kiefer’s work ever made in London.

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